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Can the Israelis and Palestinians Reach a Peace Agreement?

At a recent Brookings event, Shibley Telhami discussed the findings of three new public opinion surveys assessing attitudes toward the current state of the Middle East peace process. Telhami said that a peace agreement cannot be imposed on the Israelis and Palestinians and, given the deep mistrust between them, it’s unlikely that they can forge an accord on their own.